Chapter 136 Jordan, congratulations, on the throne
Wang Tiejun made the extra free throw. His free throw shooting was good today.
Looking back, the Bulls substitute shooting guard missed a shot. The Suns attacked and he once again asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing.
After getting the ball, he didn't slip to the bottom, but suddenly dribbled upward and turned to break through.
When Perdo saw it, he quickly retreated, but at this moment, his feet froze.
"not good!"
When Perdo saw this, he immediately stopped and wanted to pounce on him.
But at this moment, he took a bear step and was hit by another iron mountain. With a bang, the moving Perkin fell again under the collision.
This is the system-integrated Xiongbu. It is reliable and can be broken out. The Xiongbu with a low center of gravity allows him to switch between relying on fighting and breaking through at any time. There is no need to adjust the body posture, high-frequency vibration, and the lower limb muscles can maintain force at any time.
Although his movement speed is not fast, it is most suitable for his current athletic quality.
Grant, who returned to the basket to defend, did not go up this time. He was a little psychologically affected by the collision, and made an emergency stop on the right side of the basket.
"Bang!"
One-handed dunk, the Bulls basket was blown up again.
"Today K. also faced off against the Bulls. They were all offensive dunks under the basket. He hadn't even made a shot yet. Even if he had a chance to shoot, he would choose to go in and dunk." Bill Walton laughed.
"With his physical ability, he won't be able to play for long, and he will be on the rookie wall." John Hanks said.
Bill Walton nodded, there is nothing to argue with, because it is a fact.
Then the Bulls took advantage of the dead ball opportunity and replaced Jordan and Pippen, and the Bulls attacked.
Pippen broke through with the ball on the left wing, and Grant quickly cut inside on the weak side. The former made a cross pass, and the latter cut into the basket to catch the ball and then took off for a layup.
"Crack!"
This time Wang Tiejun returned to defense in time and gave Grant a big shot.
"Whoa!"
The ball jumped up and down, and was caught by Jordan who came in behind him. He made a short jumper and hit the ball.
Next, the Suns missed a shot and the Bulls played a triangle offense, creating a singles opportunity for Jordan and making another shot.
At 35:36, the Suns were 1 point behind and replaced Barkley and Dan Marley, replacing Wang Tiejun.
At the end of the second quarter, 52:50, the Suns led by two points.
Wang Tiejun played 11 minutes, making 5 of 5 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, and 1 foul.
Jordan played 21 minutes in the first half, making 9 of 15 shots and 8 of 8 free throws. He scored 26 points and 5 rebounds in the half.
A group of Suns players walked in the silent corridor, with only the sound of breathing and footsteps.
"Old K, you have to be careful. The second time, Jordan took 6 shots, all of which were outside jumpers. There was no breakthrough. He was preparing for the second half."
Buckley said suddenly.
Wang Tiejun was startled, nodded and said: "He wants to hit 50 on our heads again, we can't let him get his wish."
However, he didn't take many shots in the first half, and his playing time was limited. He only played 11 minutes. Although they were all dunks, his physical energy consumption was not very high. He can play more time in the second half, but he needs to add some close-range shots.
It is also very troublesome to shoot, otherwise the Bulls defense will focus on you, and it consumes too much energy.
He felt that his body was not very tired now and was better than some time ago, which showed that his body was indeed breaking through the physical limit of the rookie wall and everything was getting better.
On the other side, a group of Bulls players were also walking in the dark corridor.
Pippen smiled and said: "Michael, he scored 26 points in the first half. This game is 50."
A sneer appeared on Jordan's face and he said: "I do what I say. Every time I see that kid, I will hit 50 points. I will step on him for the rest of my life."
Fifteen minutes later, the second half begins.
Both sides sent all their main forces from the beginning.
Only the Bulls' main center Bill Cartwright was not on the team because he was too old, and substitute big man Sceta King was on the team.
However, in the third quarter, the two sides did not play very intensely.
For the Suns, Barkley exerted his strength and scored 15 points in a single quarter, leading the offense.
On the Bulls side, Jordan played without the ball and mainly shot jump shots from the outside. He only made two sudden attempts and scored 10 points again. He scored 36 points in the third quarter and was only 14 points away from 50 points.
At the end of the third quarter, 83:80, the Suns led by 3 points.
Wang Tiejun left the game in the 6th minute. He only played half a quarter and did not attack the basket. He made three shots, hit one, and made 1 of 2 free throws. He scored 3 points in the third quarter.
He played 17 minutes in the first three quarters and scored 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.
At the beginning of the final quarter, he was sent on the court to face the Bulls' substitute center Perdo.
The Suns attack and pull away.
He asked for the ball at the top of the arc from the low post on the left wing, but suddenly turned around and slid to the bottom, cutting back to the basket.
Perdo failed to keep up and fell one step behind.
Kevin Johnson dangled straight to the basket and was caught in the air.
"Bang!"
An alley-oop dunk gave the Suns a 5-point lead.
Looking back, Jordan missed a shot. He protected the backcourt rebound, returned to the frontcourt, and immediately squeezed towards the basket.
Perdo couldn't resist, so he had to move forward, but he pushed him away from the basket again, leaving the basket empty.
When Kevin Johnson was hanging to the basket again, Grant double-teamed to the basket. When he caught the ball, he adopted a foul tactic and hugged him directly, sending him to the free throw line.
"Bulls, be careful. This is Grant's fourth foul." John Hanks reminded in the ABC live broadcast booth.
"Whoa!"
The first free throw was made.
"Old K, you made a good free throw today." Barkley said with a smile.
"I bet he misses this free throw."
Lao Wang was about to speak when Jordan's voice came from behind. He looked back at Jordan at the midfield position and shouted: "Old guy, you scored 100 points today in vain. You will definitely lose today!"
Hearing the word "lose", Jordan's eyes immediately sharpened. He didn't like losing the most, let alone playing basketball. He didn't want to lose even when playing games. He wanted to be a winner for the rest of his life.
For the second penalty, Lao Wang took the ball thrown by the referee, dribbled it seven or eight times in a row, and took aim for two seconds before taking action.
"Whoa!"
Two more free throws.
"snort!"
Jordan snorted coldly and turned quickly to get off.
When he rushed to the frontcourt, he suddenly made a sudden stop and got rid of Dan Mulley. He received Grant's long pass and when he was heading to the basket with the ball, he suddenly made a sudden stop jumper over Dan Mully's head.
Hit the ball.
"38 points, only the last 12 points away from 50."
"87:82, we are still 5 points behind."
The two on-site commentators said excitedly.
Sun attack.
Seeing Wang Tiejun enter the basket again, Phil Jackson narrowed his eyes.
No one can withstand it.
If you circle forward, you will still be pushed away from the basket.
On defense alone, no one really can control this behemoth.
"Bang!"
With the violent sound of the basket exploding, Wang Tiejun completed a dunk before the double team arrived.
"what to do?"
Phil Jackson murmured.
This problem must be solved now. If it cannot be solved, what should we do once we meet the Suns in the Finals?
On the defensive end, Lao K has nothing to worry about, but on the offensive end, there is some trouble.
If K is allowed to play crazy at the basket, it will force him to use foul tactics on a large scale, which may not be worth the gain.
Even if it was a double team, under that kind of brutal beating, it was impossible to suppress this giant beast. In the first quarter of the double team, the two insiders were knocked down multiple times.
"Klaus needs to be traded for a human shield next season."
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't do anything about it. The center position was weak, which was a flaw, and the two inside lines were weak, which couldn't be made up for with tactics.
What's more, he is not good at adjusting tactics on the spot, only good at adjusting players' psychology.
After half a quarter, Wang Tiejun took most of the team's shots, taking a total of 6 shots, more than usual in a whole quarter.
Five of the six shots he took were at the basket, he was fouled twice, succeeded in three dunks, and missed one hook shot. He made 3 of 6 shots in the half and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 9 points and 1 rebound in the half.
In the first half of the quarter, Barkley mainly did defensive work. He defended better. Wang Tiejun was currently unable to prevent breakthroughs from the outside, and Jordan was a master of breakthroughs, so he had to make up for the last line of defense.
In order to block Jordan, he committed two fouls in half a quarter and already had 4 fouls.
During the timeout, he came to Wang Tiejun and shouted: "Old K, if your defense can't improve next season, don't think about me doing the dirty work for you."
"Don't worry, I felt good today and made 7 of 9 free throws. Brother, leave everything to me." Lao Wang patted Barkley's fat shoulder and said with a smile.
Barkley's face was dark, I was talking about defense, defense, damn old K, have you completely blocked the word defense?
However, the score was still in the lead, 97:90, with the Suns leading by 7 points.
Jordan had already scored 40 points, but Wang Tiejun was too efficient at the basket and he became a little impatient.
Not only the outcome of this game, but more importantly, what about the finals?
Now he and Pippen have indeed suppressed the Suns' outside line, but the inside line has been completely beaten by K and Barkley. With the efficiency of the inside line, if they continue, there is a high probability that they will lose.
He didn't want to lose to anyone, let alone Barkley, who was a rookie in the same year, and he didn't want to lose to Old K who slapped him.
"Leave it to me."
At the critical moment, he only believed in himself, so after the game restarted, he took over the ball as soon as he came on the court.
"Whoa!"
Seven seconds later, he hit a pull-up jumper followed by a mid-range shot.
Damali panted and shook his head. He tried his best, but he couldn't prevent it and was blown to pieces.
If the outside line is blown up, the inside line will make up for it.
Barkley responded by driving to the basket for a layup and getting a goal back.
The Suns' two major insiders had an absolute advantage and began to exert force in the final quarter. In the first half, Wang Tiejun was the main attacker, and in the second half, it was Barkley's turn. This was the Suns' strategy tonight.
The two sides went back and forth, and until the last minute, Jordan had already scored 46 points, but no matter how high his efficiency was on the outside, which exceeded 50%, it was still not as efficient as Barkley and Wang Tiejun on the inside.
In the end, Jordan scored 49 points and shot 56% from the field, but lost the score.
114:102, a lot of losses.
Barkley scored 35 points and 16 rebounds in 41 minutes of shooting and free throws, and scored 8 points in the second half of the final quarter.
Wang Tiejun played 29 minutes in the game and only made one goal in the second half of the quarter. He made 10 of 15 shots and a shooting percentage of 66.6%. He made 7 of 9 free throws and scored 27 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.
data.
The two teamed up to score 60 points, with a shooting percentage of over 60%.
After winning the game, and with a huge advantage, Barkley's face turned into a smile. He glanced at Jordan, who looked extremely ugly, and whispered to Wang Tiejun: "Nothing, this old boy scored 49 points today."
"Old bird, congratulations on your being crowned the king of air-slashing." Lao Wang immediately shouted to Jordan.
"Damn boy!"
Jordan was furious, glared at Wang angrily, turned around and walked into the tunnel.
"Ha ha……"
Looking at Jordan's back, Barkley fell down laughing.
Along the way, Jordan's face was horribly gloomy. No one dared to talk to him, no one even spoke at all, not even Pi Lao Er. There were only gasps and footsteps in the corridor.
After returning to the locker room, everyone was resting and listening to Phil Jackson's summary of the game.
Phil Jackson pushed up his glasses with his middle finger and said: "Today, our tactics on the outside were very successful. We defeated the opponent on both offense and defense, but the disadvantage was on our inside. The inside combination of Barkley and Old K. is indeed
Gives people a headache.
They all need to double-team, and our defensive energy inside is seriously insufficient.
Fortunately, Old K doesn't have enough game experience. Barkley has just joined the Suns. Their head coach is also a rookie with limited abilities, so the Suns have not yet built an offensive and defensive system, and their combat capabilities have not yet been integrated.
, many times they each fight their own way.
In addition, we haven’t done enough to deal with Old K’s double-team tactics, and we must make tactical arrangements based on his ability to break double-teams.”
That's what he said, but he himself didn't have a clue right now.
Then he said: "In the future, we must strengthen our breakthrough tactics, make sure to cause damage to Old K, and control his playing time.
At the same time, we need to strengthen the control of the passer, we need to switch more defenses and maintain a greater focus on the game."
At this time, Jordan interrupted Jackson and said: "Phil, old K relies on his tonnage and strength to break double teams, and his kind of hitting. Do you have any good ideas?"
Regarding this, he still felt shocked when he thought about it now. The four of them double-teamed Lao K and were all beaten up. He felt incredible.
After sorting out his thoughts, Phil Jackson said: "Tonnage and strength can be suppressed to a certain extent. His current tonnage and strength have not reached an unsuppressable level.
It is said that he has gained weight, but it should be under 125 kilograms at present, and his explosive power is not enough. Two people can actually restrain him. The reason why he can break double teams is that he relies on his fighting skills, which makes up for his
Weakness of insufficient explosive power.
If we want to break his rely on attack, we don't have enough tonnage and strength inside to suppress him. Wilper is more than ten kilograms behind him in tonnage, and his absolute strength is also far behind him, so we can only use David Robinson to defend against the old man.
His way.”
"Personally attached to me?" Jordan's eyes lit up.
Nodding, Phil Jackson said: "Judging from the current game of Old K, he is the least adaptable to this kind of defense. Sticking to him can affect his movement, affect his power and rhythm, and can also
It is certain that it will affect his shots.
I plan to try this kind of defense more in team training. You must be mentally prepared, because you have to use a lot of small moves to achieve the purpose of defense."
"Yes, coach."
"Okay, coach."
Several inside players nodded quickly.
In fact, they were a little worried, because Old K was already well-known in the league for his violence, and he knocked out the postman with an elbow, which made him even more notorious. Once they used a stalking defense and made too many small and dirty moves, which angered Old K, the pair
Being able to stun the postman will be a great threat to them.
Phil Jackson added: "In addition, our double-teaming on Old K today was not fast enough. We should have been in place the moment he caught the ball, just like Grant stole the ball from him in the opening game.
His hands are very big. Once he catches the ball, he has a strong ability to protect the ball. When he controls the ball with one hand, he must strike hard and fast. The chance to steal the ball is very short, so he must be quick to double-team.
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It just so happens that the Suns don't have three-pointers from the outside. When they open up, we can let it go appropriately and shrink the defensive formation."
Jordan and Pippen nodded at the same time. The four of them were knocked over that time. In fact, their double-teaming was very successful. They also hit the ball in the hands of Old K almost at the same time, but they couldn't knock it away because by that time Old K had already
I smashed the ball with both hands and couldn't knock it off at all.
Phil Jackson added: "We need to add some mid-range shots outside the paint area. He can't make up for it. This is where we can take advantage. If he makes up for it, we can directly rush in or implement a weak-side cut.
The effect will be better.”
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In the visiting team's locker room, post-match summaries are also being conducted.
After defeating the Bulls, and with Jordan scoring 49 points, Paul Westphal was in a good mood, very good.
If the Suns can reach the finals, then the most likely opponent is the Bulls, so the game just now is a very meaningful game.
Moreover, Old K's playing time is still under control. Once fully released, he believes that the Suns will have an advantage.
"When playing against the Bulls, our advantage lies in the inside, in the fourth and fifth positions. If we meet the Bulls in the finals, we will strengthen our offense inside."
When he said this, he said to Wang Tiejun: "Old K, since your style of play consumes too much physical energy, and the playoffs are even more cruel, after a few series, your physical fitness will definitely have problems, so you will not be able to play in the playoffs.
Time also needs to be controlled.”
"Got it, coach."
There was nothing he could do about it. He had this extremely confrontational style of play, so he had no choice but to agree.
Colangelo listened and had some thoughts in his mind.
As a former head coach of the Suns, he believes that although the current lineup is good, it has flaws. The outside long-range shooting ability is not enough, resulting in insufficient spacing ability and the inability to create better singles opportunities for the inside. This may be a hidden danger.
Now that Old K has grown up, the inside combination with Barkley is not only ranked first in the league, but also among the top three in the league.
In fact, if we only count his offensive ability, he can be said to be first in the league. If we say he is third, it is because Old K's defense has dragged down the overall level.